ii Year No 50 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Fourteen Pages F Cents County planning board sought by Acton council Acton council shortest meeting on record this year was held on Tuesday night when the complete agenda was disposed of by Mayor was attending the CORDC meetings at Toronto and Reeve Frank in his capacity as warden was attending the Social and Family Counselling convention at Thunder Bay Major topic discussed at the meeting was the passing of a resolution asking the adminis trative committee of Acton council to confer with the Acton Planning Board to prepare a resolution to be submitted to county council requesting the county to establish a Regional Planning Board Halton region Councillor Greer speaking on the subjcctjpolnted out this would be a step toward the formation of regional government in county He was of the opinion each year additional steps In the field of assessment police and fire services could be taken toward a county regional form of government Councillor Marks opinion that it was an admirable thought was tempered with the caution that the county may be too small In area for a regional planning board Deputyreeve said the formation of a Halton planning board would be a step beyond the present planning association which meets once or twice a year and does nothing of cooperation between adjoining municipalities and their planning boards holds up development outside town boundaries Adjolningoningsls sometimes not compatible and negotiations have been prolonged County representation It was reported that the county committee had been established following the submission of the private bill to the legislature The private bill has been withdrawn and deputy reeve reported the warden had appointed him to the county committee to make recommend on restructuring of county representation Mr McKenzie said George town Esquesing and Milton had Indicated they were prepared for some change He suggested the Georgetown proposal would embarrass Acton and Acton would be in a sorry financial mess He said it would be his objective to preserve a northern identity without a major change in the financial cost to the community A committee will be meeting before the end of June and reporting to the county by September The public works and utilities committee reported to council that K Hyde of V Anderson Associates had reported on a phosphorous removal program at the water pollution control plant Estimated cost based on present technology was Ontario Water Resource had advised that all municipalities located in the Lake Ontario drainage basin will require per cent phosphorous removal by Dec 31 1975 Mr Hyde recommended preparation of design report during the latter part of the design and approvals in 1974 and construction during the summer of He recommended providing a budget of approximately 600 in the budget for the preparation of the design report Murder suicide in Norval bush Three weekend fires SAFE from the Store was taken outside and forced open by burglars in the wee hours of Sunday morning Cart left is believed to have been used to transport the heavy safe Staff Photo Foodland safe Bullet riddled bodies of two Toronto brothers were found in dense bush near Norval In Township Saturday morning and murder and suicide have been listed as the causes of death The bodies of Randall Geoffrey Still 23 and Gregory Bruce Still both of I loyd Manor Dr In Islington were found by Constable Doug of Milton was a member of a search party organized by Milton OPP of fleers and police The search party was launched after an abandoned car was found by a Chlnguacousy police officer early Saturday morning Keys were still in the car and an empty gun case was found in the back Were missing The brothers reported missing by their families Friday evening were found on a 1 acre estate owned by Upper Canada College Pol ce said the two bodies were found together off a private road into the college property and Just off the main The younger brother had apparently been shot several times In the back and head while the older brother was killed by a single shot to the head A 22 calibre rifle was found at the scene Appoint coroner No decision has yet been reached on whether or not an inquest will be held A F Macintosh of Georgetown has been appointed coroner in the Randall was married with no and was single The two brothers arc survived by their parents Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Still sister Joanne and brother Paul Midweek keep brigade on go yields 1000 Three weekend fires two in the wee hours of the morning kept Acton Firefighters on the go All tenants in the Dominion Hotel were evacuated about Saturday morning after Firefighters answered a call to a fire in a third floor room A burning mattress was hurled to the ground from the third floor fire escape Firefighters used smoke ejectors to clear smoke from the building Damage was estimated at Some of the tenants who carried suitcases and other belongings with them when the building was evacuated returned to their rooms after the smoke was cleared Approximately damage resulted from a similar fire at a bouse owned by Mary Seynuck Mill St at Sunday morning The fire is believed to have started on a chesterfield In the house Maurice Conway a Dedicate gates Decoration Day oes through some belongings di in Sunday morning s fire at Mill St Staff Photo The Decoration Day parade made two stops Sunday afternoon first at the new location of the cemetery gates and then at the shady location chosen for the annual service Three members of Acton Women Institute who were active when the gates were originally built In Joined Rev Harry Dawson for the rededtcation Mrs R David son Mrs Wilds and Mrs After Mr Dawson prayer of dedication the parade off again up the pleasant slopes to the central section of cemetery ringed the clergymen who participated and the tall trees were filled with twittering birds who continued the musical parts of the program throughout the afternoon The Rev Frank Byrne of the Baptist church gave a fitting address urging everyone to love and enjoy those with whom they share meals work and school days each day We never know how much longer we will have together Others taking part in the service were Mayor Rev M Rev A and the Rev Dawson Two bands Acton Band led the parade with Milton Girls Pipe Band heading the second section Parading were mayor and Scouts Cubs Guides Brownies Legion and Legion Ladies firefighters and representatives of other organizations some with their Dags The parade skirted the new gates on their way into the ceme tery but marched out again through them Bill was parade marshall Jack Campbell Is chairman of the decoration day committee this year Geraniums were planted on graves as the Citizens Band played Friday night about Firefighters were called to Road to douse a small car fire Wiring damage amounted to approximately 50 Limehouse pilots second in rally Two district pilots copped a second in the annual Governor Generals Cup Air Rally at last Saturday Tailing second place In the event was the father and son team of Tom and Tun Brotherton of the district There were aircraft covering the mile route from Guelph over Baldwin Owen Sound and Hanover before returning to Guelph Females first In first place were two women from Heather Sifton and Shirley Allen who finished with a percentage of The Brotherton duo had a score They also had the best placing Cessna in the rally They won the Hammond trophy in cash and a set of spark plugs for their plane Helen Barter of Milton and Elaine Magee of Toronto placed third The race was held in southern Ontario for the first time since Its inception in 1953 Mrs is also a prize- winning p lot Mason Knit alarm sounds The fire alarm at Mason Knit was found to be ringing at June but no fire was found Police deputy Ore chief Bern Van Fleet and others forced entry tochecktherewaanofire No key was available in town When an open safe was discovered by a neighbor behind a vacant house police were called Sunday morning about 10 It had been taken out the rear door of store trundled one of the store s shopping carts to the yard between Force Electric and the vacant house on Mill St by the railway tracks and smashed open When police contacted store manager Raymond he said approximately in cash and cheques had been in the safe Invest gallon showed the back door of the store had apparently pried open Cons Terry Devine investigated assisted by Cpl Mason Mason stayed at the scene until Sgt of Burlington arrived to take fingerprints Other police officers were on duty at the Decoration Day parade Music Centre An hour later at 30 Sunday morning volunteers cleaning up after the centennial dance discovered break In late the night before The music centre Two graduates been closed up until about lam Workers found the broken back window cupboards forced open and some doors taken off Tools had been used from the centre own tool box Two cases of pop were moved to the back but taken no further Small change As usual no dance proceeds or liquor were left In the music centre after the dance The small change taken might have amounted to or 80 cents the bandsmen think Cons Devine investigated store had an estimated 1 loss in a theft reported to police May services lined up The summer schedule of Wednesday evening church services begins in another week on June 16 St Alban Anglican church will host the first two services beginning at p Services will move to Churchill community church and then Beth El Christian Reformed church First speaker next week will be the Rev A H McKenzie This is a unique being arranged by the ministerial asso ciation Participating clergymen will be in charge of services others churches It also expected the church organist and choirs will be present Envelopes collected at the Wednesday services will go back to their donor churches but all loose collect on will go to the Canadian Bible Society No site yet but prepare move Vivian Nicholson Last Thursday afternoon Vivian Marv Nicholson received her B degree from Victoria College in the University of Toronto Attending convocation were her parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Smith her husband Bill Nicholson and his parents the Rev and Mrs Nicholson of Mrs Nicholson is now working in the lab at Women College hospital in Toronto while her husband continues his studies in theology at Emmanuel College Janis Baker Jan Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs C Baker Mowbray Place graduated Saturday June from the Kitchener Waterloo School of Nursing Guests attending were her parents from Acton her brother Kenneth from Forest and her fiance Robert Green from Gait She will be on the staff of the K tal Jams attended various schools including high schools at Portage la Prairie Calgary and then Acton Council on the recom mendatlon of the public works and utilities committee decided to engage a solicitor to prepare an agreement between Aitheo Construction and the town The agreement is to formalize the transfer of three lots on Main St S to Aitheo in exchange for a new municipal works budding to be built on townowned land in the Industrial park Construction will be engaged to remove the water tank from the south Main St site at a cost of will have all the salvageable material No site yet D Grander and Son have been selected to move the large town building on the Mill St site to the new site the Industrial park at a cost of A ble bottleneck in the operation will be the fact has not negotiated a site with the development commission in the industrial park The surveyors are preparing site plans for two or three alternative lot layouts on which the building could be erected Fox Is shot suspect rabies George Lockrey Acton is alert In his area of the line Erin Township about possible rabies in wild animals He shot a fox Tuesday June 1 near his home about dusk after the animal attempted to attack his German Shepherd dog Mr happened to be around when the fox attempted to the dog and he grabbed his fie sitting next to iht door and hit the fox with his first shot Although he has received no confirmation from the lab where the fox tarcass was sent for examination Mr feels the animal had rabies and he is worried about the possibility of other an una Is domestic and wild being infected Mr phoned the Free Press yesterday to say the lab report indicates the animal was Indeed rabid Brian Campbell assumes duties as rec coordinator BRIAN CAMPBELL DIANE HOLLANDS Acton s new recreational ear old Brian Campbell officially began his duties in town last Tuesday An Oakville native who recently completed his first year in the General Arts course at Sheridan College Brian was the choice of Parks and Recreation program committee members Peter Marks and Barry Inscoe to head up a new summer recreational program that will provide activity for citizens of all ages In the past summer ac tivities in Acton have been mostly confined to children While in Brian was involved In youth council work He helped organize a dropIn centre and arranged to have prominent guest speakers attend youth workshops Brian was one of the organizers of Oakville Trailer a drug crisis and treat centre Youth centre One of Brian chief responsibilities will be a youth centre which he expects will open approximately June In theY MC A building Plans call for the centre to be open to youth four nights a week Wednesday and Thursday from 7 until midnight and Friday and Saturday from 12 noon until midnight A positive program of tionalactlvitlesisplanned Brian hopes to get an indication of the types of activities desired during the first week when the atmosphere will be informal A board which will have youth representatives Is to be set up to help Brian schedule activities and to present new ideas During a visit to Acton District High School last week Brian enlisted students who volunteered to help get the building ready for the opening of the youth centre Firm believer A firm believer that experience is the best teacher Brian would like to see youths get activities going on their own 1 11 leave the program up to them as long as requests are reasonable he says He d also like to see youth from all types of backgrounds at the centre when it opens We want to see all types of people not just those with serious problems it be a wholesome environment he explains Jackie Lee on Acton girl who was instrumental in organizing a coffee house at Acton District High assist Brian with operation of the youth centre Diane Hollands of the Addiction Research foundation has also moved to town for the summer Miss Hollands also a Sheridan student intends to spend a great deal of her tune at the youth centre The children playground program will operate at the two local parks each weekday after noon beginning the first week of July Mary Ann and a staff of playground leaders will assist Brian with this phase of the summer program Miss has four years experience as a playground leader Activities will likely be much the same as previous years but Brian will be open to any new ideas Jut will Improve the program expect to have a weekly session with leaders to discuss any changes or to hear new ideas he says Swimming leuons Swimming lessons will be provided for both children and adults by a trained instructor year old Wendy Bell of Lessons for adults will be held at the Fairy beach Wednesday Thursday and Friday mornings Children lessons will be held at the wading pool in the afternoon on the same days The wading pool will be available for open swimming each afternoon between and Brian is also eager to assist senior citizens groups with program organization If they need help 1 be available to assist them in any way he says His goal is a wellbalanced recreation program something he says needed in every com Brian will write a report on his assessment of Acton recreational needs In September at the conclusion of the summer program He hopes to find a place to stay town but will commute from Oakville until he does Snow to attend Open House Hon Jim Snow a provincial cabinet minister and MPP for East will officiate at the open of the brand new township works garage Friday night at